BILL NUMBER: AB 1641	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        JANUARY 11, 2016

   An act to amend Section 22500.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
shuttle services, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1641, as introduced, Travis Allen. Shuttle services: loading
and unloading of passengers.
   Under existing law, a person may not stop, park, or leave a
vehicle standing alongside a curb space authorized for the loading or
unloading of passengers of a bus engaged as a common carrier in
local transportation when indicated by a sign or red paint on the
curb, except that existing law allows local authorities to permit
schoolbuses to stop alongside these curb spaces upon agreement
between a transit system operating buses as common carriers in local
transportation and a public school district or private school.
   This bill would also allow local authorities to permit shuttle
service vehicles, as defined, to stop for the loading or unloading of
passengers alongside these curb spaces upon agreement between a
transit system operating buses engaged as common carriers in local
transportation and a shuttle service provider, as defined. The bill
would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to not replace
public transit services.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature, in allowing local
authorities to permit shuttle service vehicles to utilize designated
transit system curb spaces, to not replace public transit services.
The Legislature finds and declares that this act applies only to
shuttle services that do not offer services to the general public as
common carriers.
  SEC. 2.  Section 22500.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   22500.5.   (a)    Upon agreement between a
transit system operating buses engaged as common carriers in local
transportation and a public school district or private school, local
authorities may, by ordinance, permit schoolbuses owned by, or
operated under contract for, that public school district or private
school to stop for the loading or unloading of passengers alongside
any or all curb spaces designated for the loading or unloading of
passengers of the transit system buses. 
   (b) Upon agreement between a transit system operating buses
engaged as common carriers in local transportation and a shuttle
service provider, local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution,
permit shuttle service vehicles to stop for the loading or unloading
of passengers alongside any or all curb spaces designated for the
loading or unloading of passengers of the transit system buses. 

   (1) As used in this subdivision, "shuttle service vehicle" means a
motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained by or for a
charter-party carrier of passengers, as defined in Section 5360 of
the Public Utilities Code, or a passenger stage corporation, as
defined in Section 226 of the Public Utilities Code, or any highway
carrier of passengers required to register with the Public Utilities
Commission.  
   (2) As used in this subdivision, "shuttle service" means
transportation by private vehicles offered for the exclusive or
primary use of a discrete group, including, but not limited to,
clients, patients, students, paid or unpaid staff, visitors, or
residents, between an organization or entity's facilities or between
the organization or entity's facilities and other locations, on a
regularly scheduled basis.  
   (3) As used in this subdivision, "shuttle service provider" means
any person using shuttle service vehicles to provide shuttle service.

  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to permit the utilization of curb spaces designated for
the loading or unloading of passengers of transit system buses by
shuttle service providers at the earliest possible time, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.